Video: A look back at the Kennedy-Nixon debates
By Bill Schneider/CNN
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore will meet next week in their first televised presidential debate. They will be carrying on a tradition started 40 years ago this week by then-candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
CNN's Bill Schneider looks back at the first-ever televised campaign debates.
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CNN's Bill Schneider looks back at the precedent-setting debate between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy
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